Carolinas Team Set for Vas-Cas W Matches

 

Carolinas Team Roster Announced for the
Virginias-Carolinas Women's Team Matches

DANIELS, W.V. (July 7, 2019) -- The Carolinas Golf Association in association with the Virginia State Golf Association and the West Virginia Golf Association will conduct the 63rd Virginias-Carolinas Women's Team Matches at The Resort at Glade Springs (Stonehaven) in Daniels, W.V. from July 8-10, 2019.

The annual team match event pits some of the best golfers from North and South Carolina against their Virginia and West Virginia counterparts. The championship consists of four-ball match play, modified alternate shot four-ball match play and singles matches. In the format, a point is scored for winning the outward half, the inward nine and the overall match. The Carolinas team consists of 24 total players: 14 amateur players (ages 18+), eight senior players (ages 50+) and two super senior players (ages 60+). The matches are invitation only.

Related: Round 1 Starting Times | Scoring | 2018 Results

Carolinas Team Roster

Amateurs

Alexandria Bare, 21, of Salisbury, N.C. is currently ranked No. 18 among female amateur golfers in the Carolinas. Bare recently had a T3 finish at the Carolinas Women's Amateur after a final-round score of 1-under-par 71. Bare also finished sixth at the North Carolina Women's Amateur. Bare graduated from UNC Pembroke in May of 2019.

Gracyn Burgess, 19, of Lexington, S.C. is currently ranked No. 17 among female amateur golfers in the Carolinas. Burgess has had Top-5 finishes at the South Carolina Women's Amateur, Carolinas Young Amateur and the 2018 Carolinas Women's Four-Ball. Burgess is a four-time CGA champion and a rising sophomore at Clemson University.

Kathryn Carson, 19, of Mooresville, N.C. is the North Carolina Women's Amateur Champion and currently ranked No. 13 among female amateur golfers in the Carolinas. Carson earned American All-Conference honors and finished her sophomore season with a 74.23 stroke average. Carson is a rising junior at East Carolina University.

Hailey Joy, 19, of Reidsville, N.C. was named to the Southern Conference's All-Freshman Team and recorded a 78.6 stroke average in her freshman year. Joy is a rising sophomore at UNC Greensboro.

Keri Kenkel, 20, of Charlotte, N.C. completed her sophomore year at UNC Greensboro with a 76.57 stroke average and had three Top-25 finishes. Kenkel will transfer to UNC Wilmington in the Fall for her junior year.

Rachael Mast, 20, of Lexington, N.C. is currently ranked in the Top-25 among female amateur golfers in the Carolinas. Mast, a rising junior at UNC Wilmington, competed in all nine tournaments as a sophomore and had a 77.54 scoring average. Mast finished third in the Carolinas Young Amateur this year.

Courtney McKim, 28, of Raleigh, N.C. is currently ranked No. 4 among female amateur golfers in the Carolinas. McKim recorded a Top-5 finish at the North Carolina Women's Amateur this summer and was a Semi Finalist at the Jones/Doherty Women's Amateur this past winter. McKim also made it to the Round of 16 in the 2018 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur Championship and was the Carolinas Women's Player of the Year in 2017.

Madison Moosa, 21, of Charlotte, N.C. is a two-time CGA champion. Moosa finished her sophomore year at Furman University with two Top-15 finishes in collegiate events and boasted a 75.5 scoring average. Moosa is ranked in the Top-30 of the Carolinas Women's Player Rankings.

Jessica Spicer, 21, of Bahama, N.C. is currently ranked No. 1 among female amateur golfers in the Carolinas. Spicer won the 2019 Carolinas Women's Amateur, carding an even-par 216 to capture the title by two strokes. Spicer also won the Carolinas Young Amateur Championship in January, finished T2 in the North Carolina Women's Amateur and was Runner-Up at the Carolinas Women's Match Play in 2018. Spicer is a rising senior at Virginia Tech.

Sarah Spicer, 21, of Bahama, N.C. had Top-10 finishes at both the Carolinas Young Amateur and the North Carolina Women's Amateur in 2019. Spicer is a past CGA champion and is a rising senior at Virginia Tech.

Courtney Stiles, 37, of Pinehurst, N.C. is the Executive Director of The First Tee of the Sandhills. Stiles qualified for the 2018 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur Championship and finished in the Top-20 of the Women's South Atlantic Amateur Championship.

Julie Streng, 45, of Greensboro, N.C. is currently ranked in the Top-25 among female amateur golfers in the Carolinas. Streng qualified for the 2018 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur Championship.

Jodee Tindal, 20, of Rock Hill, S.C. is currently ranked No. 5 among female amateur golfers in the Carolinas and is the reigning Carolinas Women's Four-Ball champion (with her sister, Jaelyn). Tindal has recorded several Top-10 finishes this year, including a T7 finish in the Carolinas Women's Amateur, a third place finish at the South Carolina Women's Amateur and a second place finish at the Carolinas Young Amateur. Tindal is a rising junior at the College of Charleston.

Lea Venable, 45, of Simpsonville, S.C. is currently ranked No. 9 among female amateur golfers in the Carolinas. Venable had Top-15 finishes in both the Carolinas Women's Amateur and the South Carolina Women's Amateur. Venable also made it to the Round of 32 in the 2018 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur Championship.

Seniors

Leigh Armentrout, 56, of Greensboro, N.C. is currently ranked in the Top-30 among senior female amateur golfers in the Carolinas. Armentrout finished fourth in the senior division of the Carolinas Women's Four-Ball.

Kathy Binkley, 65, of Cornelius, N.C. is currently ranked No. 3 among senior female amateur golfers in the Carolinas. Binkley has recorded Top-5 finishes at the North Carolina Senior Women's Amateur, the 2018 Carolinas Senior Women's Amateur and the 2018 Carolinas Women's Four-Ball (senior division). Binkley also recorded a Top-20 finish in last year's Eastern Women's Golf Association's Senior Championship.

Kim Briele, 58, of New Bern, N.C. is currently ranked No. 3 among senior female amateur golfers in the Carolinas. Briele is a three-time CGA champion and finished in the Top-5 of the 2018 Carolinas Senior Women's Amateur and the 2019 North Carolina Senior Women's Amateur. Briele competed in the U.S. Senior Women's Open at Pine Needles in 2019 and won the senior division of the Carolinas Women's Four-Ball in 2018 (with partner Patty Moore).

Lea Anne Brown, 59, of Mt. Pleasant, S.C. is currently ranked No. 2 among senior female amateur golfers in the Carolinas. Brown was named the 2018 Carolinas Senior Women's Player of the Year. Earlier this year, Brown finished T3 at the South Carolina Senior Women's Amateur and she finished T5 at the 2018 Carolinas Senior Women's Amateur. Brown also qualified for the U.S. Senior Women's Amateur in 2018.

Leigh Coulter, 61, of Hopkins, S.C. is currently ranked No. 7 among senior female amateur golfers in the Carolinas. She recently finished T3 in the South Carolina Senior Women's Amateur and finished T6 in last year's senior division of the Carolinas Women's Four-Ball.

Linda Daniel, 60, of Huntersville, N.C. is currently ranked No. 8 among senior female amateur golfers in the Carolinas. Daniel finished fourth in both the Carolinas Senior Women's Amateur in 2018 and the senior division of the Carolinas Women's Four-Ball in 2018.

Karen Ferree, 68, of Hilton Head, S.C. is currently ranked No. 13 among senior female amateur golfers in the Carolinas. She finished fifth at the 2018 Eastern Women's Golf Association's Senior Championship.

Kendra Muir, 55, of Pinehurst, N.C. is currently ranked in the Top-25 among senior female amateur golfers in the Carolinas. Her best finish of 2019 came at the North Carolina Senior Women's Amateur where she finished T5.

Jayne Pardus, 50, of Hilton Head Island, S.C. is currently ranked in the Top-15 among senior female amateur golfers in the Carolinas. Pardus, who recently turned 50 to qualify as a senior, won the South Carolina Women's Senior Amateur this year.

Angela Stewart, 65, of Greenville, N.C. is currently ranked No. 6 among senior female amateur golfers in the Carolinas. Stewart is a past CGA champion and recorded two runner-up finishes in the past year at the Carolinas Senior Women's Amateur and the Carolinas Senior Women's Four-Ball. Stewart also finished sixth at the North Carolina Senior Women's Amateur.

Non-Playing Captains: Terrie Allemang of Hilton Head Island, S.C. and Patty Moore of Pinehurst, N.C.

Competition begins on Monday, July 8th with four-ball match play. The Carolinas Team needs 72 total points to retain the cup.

Team Selection: Automatic exemptions on the Carolinas Team go to the Carolinas Women's Match Play champion, Carolinas Women's Four-Ball champions (2), Carolinas Women's Amateur champion, Carolinas Senior Women's Amateur champion, North Carolina Senior Women's Amateur champion, and the South Carolina Senior Women's Amateur champion. Additional spots are filled based on the Carolinas Women's and Senior Women's rankings. Four spots are also reserved for captain's picks.

Schedule of Rounds:
Monday, July 8, 2019: Four-Ball Match Play
Tuesday, July 9, 2019: Modified Alternate Shot Four-Ball Match Play
Wednesday, July 10, 2019: Singles Matches.

 

About the Carolinas Golf Association (CGA)

The CGA is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit educational organization that was founded in 1909 to promote and to protect the game of golf in the Carolinas by providing competitions, education, support and benefits to golf clubs and golfers. The CGA is the second largest golf association in the country with over 700 member clubs represented by nearly 150,000 individuals.

The CGA annually conducts 48 championships and five team match competitions for men, women, juniors, and seniors. It also runs over 150 One-Day (net and gross) events as well as qualifying for USGA national championships. The CGA serves golf in the Carolinas with numerous programs such as: the USGA Handicap System; tournament management software and support; course measuring and course/slope ratings; agronomy consultation; answers about the Rules of Golf, Rules of Amateur Status, and Handicapping; Carolinas Golf Magazine; Interclub series; Tarheel Youth Golf Association; Carolinas Golf Hall of Fame; expense assistance for USGA Junior and Girls' Junior qualifiers from the Carolinas; and the Carolinas Golf Foundation (CGF). The CGF has distributed nearly $2,000,000 since 1977 to benefit Carolinas' golf initiatives including junior and women's programs.    

For more information about the CGA, visit our website.

 

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